Department of Sociology, University of Surrey, Guildford, Surrey.
J Adolesc Health. 2010 May;46(5):482-7. doi: 10.1016/j.jadohealth.2009.11.197. Epub 2010 Jan 13.
The present study aimed to estimate whether sleep disturbances in adolescence predicted sleep disturbances in later years.
Our sample included 7,781 cohort members from the United Kingdom's National Child Development Study. Sleep disturbances at ages 16, 23, 33, and 42 were measured by asking whether cohort members had difficulties in falling/maintaining sleep or waking unnecessarily early in the morning.
Multivariate regression analyses indicated that sleep disturbance at age 16 was a significant predictor of sleep disturbances at ages 23, 33, and 42. Continuity of a number of risk factors, especially depression, accounted for some of the persistence of sleep disturbances over time but did not explain a significant part of ongoing sleep disturbance.
Our findings suggest that many sleep disturbances start in adolescence and continue into later years.
本研究旨在评估青少年时期的睡眠障碍是否会预测以后几年的睡眠障碍。
我们的样本包括来自英国国家儿童发展研究的 7781 名队列成员。通过询问队列成员是否在入睡/保持睡眠或早上不必要地早醒方面有困难，来测量 16、23、33 和 42 岁时的睡眠障碍。
多变量回归分析表明，16 岁时的睡眠障碍是 23、33 和 42 岁时睡眠障碍的重要预测因素。一些风险因素（尤其是抑郁症）的连续性解释了部分睡眠障碍随时间的持续存在，但并不能解释持续存在的睡眠障碍的重要部分。
我们的研究结果表明，许多睡眠障碍始于青春期，并持续到以后的几年。
